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creased redness of the inside of the nostrils, frona 

 which there soon proceeds an unusual secretion of 

 mucus ; a dryness of the eyes, or sometimes an in- 

 creased effusion of tears. In a short time there is 

 generally added some degree of cough and difficulty 

 of breathing; and sometimes there is with these 

 symptoms a considerable degree of heat and dryness 

 of the skin ; increased thirst, and not unfrequently 

 a loss of appetite. At first the cough is dry, and 

 sometimes continues so ; but more frequently, when 

 the complaint has remained for some time, a frothy 

 whitish mucus is coughed up. The pulse is not 

 always much affected in this disease ; but in general 

 it is fuller and harder that natural. The first symp- 

 tom of the disease is not unfrequently a chilliness 

 and trembling. 



When a cough has existed for a considerable 

 length of time, and the horse shows no other parti- 

 cular symptoms of disease, it is called a chronic 

 cough, which frequently terminates in broken-wind. 

 In this kind of cough the lungs is generally affected, 

 the horse breathes quick, yet his nostrils are not 

 much distended. The cough is short and husky, 

 the animal frequently sneezes, and discharges phlegm 

 through his nostrils. 



When a horse has a cough, and he appears hide- 

 bound, his legs swell in the morning, and his appe- 

 tite fails, it is clear that the disease arises from a bad 

 habit of body. 



Causes. — The principal causes of cough are, sud- 

 den changes of temperature, especially cold applied 

 when the body is in a state of perspiration, or enter- 

 ing a warm stable after being long exposed to a cold 

 air. It may also proceed from greasy or farcy hu- 

 mours lodging in the body ; or it may be occasioned 

 by any internal irritation. 



Cure. — If the complaint is slight, and there is 

 little fever, it will often be sufficient to take the 

 animal within doors into a warm stable, give him a 



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